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DateMon, 10 Mar 2008 22:48:08 -0700 (PDT)
From david@lang ...
SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE] Ramback: faster than a speeding bullet
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> On Monday 10 March 2008 22:06, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 10:46:16PM -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote:
>>> Set ramback to flush mode:
>>>
>>>   echo 1 >/proc/driver/ramback/<devname>
>>
>> /proc is so 1990's.  As your code has nothing to do with processes,
>> please don't add new files in /proc/.  sysfs is there for you to do
>> stuff like this.
>
> Demonstrate some advantage and I will think about it.

use of /proc is discouraged, if you insist on sticking with it in the face 
of opposition you will seriously hurt the chance of your patches being 
accepted.

David Lang


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